Liquid mixer, shaker, and juice-extractor.



l L. I. RBICHNBR. LIQUID MIXER, SHAKER, AND JUICE BXTRAOTOR. n

APPLICATION FILED MAY 31, 1913.

'l l0759 190 Patented Oct. 7, 1913.

WTED STATES PATENT OFFCE.

LQUIS. BVING REIGHNEB 0F ATLANTIC GITY,.NEW JESEY. f

LIQUID MIXER, SHAKER, v AND JIICE-EXTBACTOB.

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Specification of Letters Patent. Application tiled-May 31,

1.913. Serial No. Z7Q,871.

To all (whomI it, may concern Be itknownthat l, Louis IRVING REICH- 'NER, a citizen of the United States, residing at'Atlanti'c City, in the county cf Atlantic, State of New Jersey, have invented a specification. I My invention consists of a novel construcand compara ively' inexpensive mixer, or shaker which is provided Withl reliable durable andy effective means forextracting the juice of fruits, ysuch as lemons, limes,

oranges, and the like, and for separatingn the seeds and pulp therefrom, the juice extractor Bein secured within the top or cover of 'the 'imp' ement sol that by reversing said top 'the latter` can be employed as a juice.. extractor and 'the juice allowed to' run into; the body or tumbler portion of the imp1e.

Vm'ent, the cover '.being thereafter-freversed 'and assembled with 'eSPct .to the' body;

whereby the vessel or .im lement can be tightly closed when it is or"'ag1t ate the contents,- which latter'can be readily 'sliakenup'mixed "and cooled witheaka'ge andthe' contents It further` consists' inthe emplo ment bf a novelbody or tumbler' portion o glass or the' "like, having thereon a gage oi; gradita# tion or indicating deviceglvvhereby the quai. "tit-y- 'of the'in'gredients to be 'mixed can bey readily proportioned, and ascertained, said bodyhaving an upper threaded'l portion ladaptedto engage' a similarly threaded portionv 'of the top' or cover of the implement.

It further consists of a novel construction-l 'of' top or cover having therein a straining device, the latter having-attached thereto. a=

v devies 4for extractingthe juice' from lemons,

limes, oranges, or 'other fruit, in such.- a

'manner as'to exclude the oil and other obf.-

jectionable matter'contaiued within the rind, and also 'to exclude from the extracted juice the seeds' and the Jindigestible fibers or pithy matter contained withinjhe fruit.y

To` the above ends my invention consists of a novel construction of liquidmixer,l shaker, vand `,`uice extractor', the Vnovel features ofwhic forth.

a new-v 'and useful LiquidfMixen Shaken and' Juice-Extractor, of which the`-follovving isL tion of a sirnple'eicient, attractive, clean' esired 'to shake lwill' b'e hereinafter fully. set

fully set forth.

For the purpose of illustrating my invention, I have shown in the accompanying drawing one form. thereof which is at present preferred byme, since the s a-me has beused'as a juice, extractor and strainer. Fig. 3, represents a side 'elevatic'mA of the .outer .cap indetached position. v Fig. 4 represents a top. plan view' of the juice extracting device in detached Iposition.. Fig. 5 represents .aperspectiveview of the juice extractor i:infdetached position.

Similar. numerals of .reference vvindicate corresponding parts inthe. figures.

- .Referring'to the drawingsz-l designates` my 'novel construction of. mixer,` shaker and juice extractor, the same com rising .the lower body or tumbler portion -gwhich, in the present instance, is preferably made of glass orsi'inilar transparent material, which is provided on its side with a series of. scales or graduations 3, indicative of the .proportions in .which it is desired to combine .the ingredients. The upper portion nf the body '2 islexterio'rly threaded, as indicated at 4, and is afdaptedto beinf tlireade'den'gagerent .with the top or cover 5,.wliich;hzf1s. a .termi- -naldange 6 provided .with internal threads adapted to'engage the upper` threadedpor- 'tion 4 of the bod'y 2.

7 designates a packing or Washer. secured tothe cover 5 in""ny .suitable manner, said washer being adapted to prevent leakage of the contentsuwhen the'. device isusedas a shaker and being composed'of .any suitable the .contents of the'mixer.

'The top.. or. .cover 54 s provlded .with an upwardly .extending annular .portion 8 Itfurther consista of other novel features within. which is containedthe .strainer 9,

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-of construction., all as will be hereinafter been 'found in practice toY give satisfactory showing the .partsassembled in position to v the latter consisting .of a plateprovided with perforations 10, said plate being secured within the extensicnr by.any suit` able means as rolling, beading,soldering or the like. 1

' 11 designates the juice extracting device,

the same comprising an annular base portion 12, provided with the projecting members 13 which 'areurvedjor` of conical or similar shape, so as to meet at the' apex 14,

being T-'shaped in Icross* section so as to readily;extracty the juice from the fruit andseparate the seeds andpulp therefrom when the fruit is rotated on the arms 13,*` lThe base 12 is provided with a threaded stem lwhich projects through the strainer plate 9, Lwhereby the juice extracting device is held in position by meansof the nut'16.

fl'?v designates a cap,vvhich is 'adapted to 'l engage or be mounted upon the extension 8,

prior to agitating the contents of the mixer, said cap' being' provided with the knurled portion v 18 for enablingthe lsame to be A readily manipulated orremoved.

In practice, I make the'juice extracting device 11 of metal Vor the like, the top or cover 5 and the cap 17 being `also made of thin sheet metal, as aluminum, tin and the like, while the body portion 2 is preferably made of 'glass or other transparent material.-

The operation'is as follows In mixing being removed. I' L'Ihe fruit is rotated upon the juice extracting device Il and the juice extracted therefrom ows through the strainin plate into the body or tumbler of muth,'o;r fvermuth; l'andwhisky or other in- V .c figuresl into ',fourths, andthe same having .the imp ement, Incase it is desired to mix with the fruit juice any of the liquors used in mixing fancy drinks, vas cocktails or the like, the desired proportions ,of gin' and ver-` gredientsA can be readily ascertained from theflscaleor graduations f,it being noticed that'the'scale on the fright of Figs. 1 and 2 is divided into thirds and on the left of said been poured intofthebody of the implement, the-straining device is reversed from the positiontseen in Fig. 2 and., secured to the topof'thejbody portion'2 by a few `turns of the covert. c jTheca'p 17 havinbbeen placed in position, the implementv andb'its contents,

such'fvasthe juice, liquors and ice, are shaken or` agitated'. to the desired extent and uponv thel removaly of the lcap 17 ,canl bereadily strained into the glass or like receptacle. Y

" 'l 'It will be apparent that` the necessity of vuslng` a separate strainer or' juice extractor 1s avoided and the utensil is'ea'silyA kept clean and in a sanitary condition and the deprived of its ropiness, -veven strainer and juice .extractor being attached to or forming part of the cover on the shaker, there is no danger of misplacing or losing either, and the employment of the juice extractor in the position shown when the device is used as Ia shaker 1n addltion dients used.

If it is desired to employ the device for the purpose of quickly and thoroughly beating up and mixing an egg with lemonade, milk punch or other liquld shaken. in thel tumbler, it will be apparent that during the vagitation of the contents .of the utensil the cohesion of the egg and its stringiness are quickly and thoroughly overcome by being cut up on the edgesl of the arms v13 and a few shakes are suicient to cut up and beat the egg thoroughly and mix it with lemonade, milk -punchor other beverage thus making a perfectly smooth beverage, whereas by the ordinary method of mixing, the e gis rarely y a, good deal of shaking. y

. I-desire to d'rectA attention to the fact that bymaking the body ortion 2 of glass or the like, the utensil can e always readily kept in a `sanitary condition as -it is well known that 'mixers which are made 4throughout of metal require to be kept scru- 'pulously clean and that evenwhen this is done, the tin or the like is soon eaten bythe acid of the 4fruit juice, so asto' expose the copperl upon which the fruit Vjuice yacts to form -verdi ris. By my present invention I .dispense wlth themetallic body portion and employ'the body or tumbler portion offglassY enumerated as desirable in the statement of the invention and-the above description', and while I have, in the present instance, shown .and described a preferred embodimenttherevof which'has been found in practice to give satisfactory and'reliable results,'it is to be understood that the'same is susceptible of modification A in 'various particulars without 'departing from the vspirit or scopel of the invention or vsac'zrificin'g any` of its advantages. y l, l a

Having thus described my invention, what I claim' as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is v 1. A device'of the'character stated, comprising a tumbler or body-portion, a taperthe parte thereof 'can lfacilitates a perfect mixing of the ingreica ing top adapted to be detaehably secured to the upper end of said body-portion and provided With a neck at its contracted end, a

strainer in the inner end of such neck, and

a tapering juice-extractor secured with its base against said strainer to project into said to g. A device of the character stated, comprising a tumbler or body-portion, a tapering top adapted to be detachably secured with its Haring end to the upper end of said body-portion and formed with a neck at its contracted end, a strainersecured in the inner end of said neck, and a tapering juiceextractor detachably secured with its open base to said strainer tov project into said top and having ccnvergingly curved arms T- shaped in cross-section.

3. A device of the character stated, comprising a tumbler or body-portion, a tapering top adapted to be detachably secured to the upper end of said body-portion and provided With a neck at its contracted end, a strainer in the inner end of such neck, a tapering juiceextractor secured with its base against said strainer to project into said top, and a cap adapted to detachably close said neck.

4. A device of the character stated, comprising a tumbler or body-portion, a tapermg top adapted to be detachably secured with its flaring end to the upper end of said body-portion and -formed with a neck at its contracted end, a strainer secured in the inner end of said neck, a tapering juice-extractor detachably secured with its open base to said strainer to project into said to and having convergingly curved arms T-sl aped in cross-section, and a cap adapted to detachably close said neck.

5. A device of the character stated, comprising a tumbler or body-portion, a cover adapted to be detachably secured to the upper end of said body-portion and formed with a neck, a detachable cover for said neck, a strainer secured in the inner end of said neck, and an open and tapering juice-extractor secured in proximity to sald strainer Within said cover.

6. In a device of the character stated, the combination of a glass tumbler portion having a series of graduations, and a threaded upper portion thereon, a cover similarly threaded to engage the threaded portion of said body, a strainer plate Within said cover, a juice extractor detachably secured to said strainer plate and projecting Within said cover, sald juice extractor comprising an annular base portion having a threaded stem projecting through. said strainer plate, means for securing said stem to said strainer plate, and converging members attached to said base portion.

LOUIS IRVING REICHNER.

Witnesses:

C. D. MGVAY, M, E. BYRNE. 

